City: Santa Rosa, CA

Category: Spectator Sports

Telephone: (707) 524-6340, (800) 454-7223

Address: 1350 Bennett Valley Road

Description: This is where Wine Country’s wise guys and other hip handicappers amuse themselves when the shed rows across the street aren’t booked with blood stock. It’s a year-round off-track concession offering races live via satellite TV from major courses in California (e.g., Golden Gate Fields, Bay Meadows, Santa Anita, Hollywood Park, Del Mar), New York, and Florida. A small cover charge gets you through the door and into a well-kept room stocked with eight projection big-screen TVs, 70 monitors, a full bar, and complete food and beverage services. Friendly clerks will take your wagers, or you may purchase a voucher and have at the auto-tote self-serve screens yourself. Either way, remember: There’s a winner in each race.